MAMMALIA. FERJE. 4, 5, 6. 9 



ommon Seal, Sea Calf. Br. Zcol. tab* 12. Shaw Zool. i. 



tab. 70. 



l?0i(y 5 or 6 feet long, tapering from the shoulders, various shades 

 of brown, often spotted, clothed when young with thick-set hair ;. 

 head short, large and round, furnished with whiskers each side the 

 mouth and over the eyes r the hairs of which have alternate con- 

 tractions and dilatations: eyes large, black, famished with a nk- 

 titant membrane : external ears none, in the place of which are two 

 small orifices : tongue cloven: legs short,. \vehbed, ,5-tocd, with strong 

 Uender claws slightly incurved at their tips ; the hinder-ones point- 

 ing backwards and placed close togteher : tail shorter than the 

 hind legs. 



7. Ph. barbata. Blackish, without ears : head smooth. 



Great Seal. Sha:u Zool. t. 74. Phil. Trans, n* 469. t. i. 



Greatly resembles the last, but grows to the length of 12 feet, and 

 iiofaji uniformly blackish colour. 



4. CANIS. Dog. 



8. C.familiaris. Tail bent backwards, and leaning to- 



wards the left. 



Found 'of many sizes and varieties, the original animal of whicj* 

 is supposed to be the Shepherd's dog, distinguished by its erect 

 ears, and tail very wooly underneath. 



Head carinate on the crown : lower-lip hid by the upper, in- 

 dented and naked at the sides : whiskers in 5 or 6 rows ; nostrils 

 turned outwards into a sernilunar furrow ; ears, the upper margin 

 reflected, anterior 3-lobed, posterior doubled : face with 7 hairy 

 \varts : teats 10, 4 of which are on the breast : fur with 8 ridges t 

 on the neck, breast, fore-legs, belly, eyes, loins, ears, and near the 

 anus: feet slightly palmate, with sometimes u. spurious toe or two 

 behind. 



9. C. Lupus. Pale yellowfeh-grey : tail bent inwards, 



bushy, tipt with black. 



Wolf. Pennant Brit. Zool. i: tab. 6. 



Body about as large as a Greyhound, pale brown with a yellow- 

 ish tinge: head and neck cinereous : head long: nose pointed: ears 

 sharp, erect : teeth large : legs long : hair rather long. 



10. C. Vulpes. Yellowish-brown, whitish beneath: tail 

 straight, bushy, tipt with white. 



Fox. Schreber 3. p. 345. tab. go. 



Head broad, forehead flat : nose sharp : ears erect, sharp, tipt with, 

 black : eyes rather oblique : lips whtte : f&re-feet black- 



5. I ELIS. Cat. 



11. F. Catus. Tail long, barred with distinct rings: forehead 

 with 7 stripes between the ears. 



Cat. Jo/ins. Quadrup. t. 72.. Bujfon 6. p. 20. t. i. 



Body ivhen in a wild state yellowish-grey with blackish stripe*, 

 3 disposed longitudinally on the back, those on the sides spiral : tip 

 of the nose and lips black : ears smooth, rounded : soles of thtfeet 

 black i claws horn-colour, curved. 



6. VIVERRA. Weesd. 



12. V. Fwi. Blackish chesnur ; fhroat and breast white. 



Martin. Brit. Zool. tab. 6. . 15. Bujfon.j.pl. 1,5 



Bo<fy about 18 inches lon'g, blackish tawny, p;vlcr beneath : head 

 small, reddish-brown : ear s broad, rounded : eyes lively : hair of 

 . the body cinereous at the bottom, bright chesmit in the middle, and 

 tipt with black: ta;/fyll of hair, darker than the body, about 10 

 inches long : palms oX the feet clothed witjh thick down : eiaivt 

 white, sharp, 



